The Southern Gothic on Screen explores the cultural significance of the Southern Gothic genre on screen, focusing on southern otherness as a primary mechanism for rendering the South as a space of darkness and danger. It establishes a perspective that synthesizes a broad understanding of Southern Gothic genericity with pre-existing cultural and political discourses on the South, resulting in an analysis that is specific to film and television while remaining heedful of the intersecting discourses that inform both the Gothic and the South as historic and mediated constructs.

Format: Hardback
Length: 234 pages
Publication date: 24 May 2022
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

The Southern Gothic on Screen is a comprehensive exploration of a body of screen texts that adhere to specific generic conventions and aesthetics, which have contributed to the portrayal of the American South as a space of ruin, decay, melancholy, loss, and haunting since the early twentieth century. By examining southern otherness as the primary mechanism through which the South is rendered a space of darkness and danger, the book seeks to establish the cultural significance of the Southern Gothic on screen. This approach allows for a critical examination of the Southern Gothic as a distinct screen genre with its own complex visual, thematic, and narrative codes. The book achieves this by synthesizing a broad understanding of Southern Gothic genericity with pre-existing cultural and political discourses on the South, resulting in an analysis that is specific to film and television while also acknowledging the intersecting discourses that inform both the Gothic and the South as historic and mediated constructs.

The Southern Gothic on Screen

The Southern Gothic on Screen explores a body of screen texts that conform to certain generic conventions and aesthetics that, since the early twentieth century, have led to the construction of the American South as a space of ruin, decay, melancholy, loss, and haunting. The book considers the cultural significance of the Southern Gothic on screen by examining southern otherness as the primary mechanism through which the South is rendered a space of darkness and danger. This opens up a critical space for the Southern Gothic to be discussed as a screen genre with its own complex visual, thematic, and narrative codes. The book establishes a perspective that synthesizes a broad understanding of Southern Gothic genericity with pre-existing cultural and political discourses on the South, resulting in an analysis that is specific to film and television while remaining heedful of the intersecting discourses that inform both the Gothic and the South as historic and mediated constructs.

The Southern Gothic on Screen

The Southern Gothic on Screen explores a body of screen texts that conform to certain generic conventions and aesthetics that, since the early twentieth century, have led to the construction of the American South as a space of ruin, decay, melancholy, loss, and haunting. The book considers the cultural significance of the Southern Gothic on screen by examining southern otherness as the primary mechanism through which the South is rendered a space of darkness and danger. This opens up a critical space for the Southern Gothic to be discussed as a screen genre with its own complex visual, thematic, and narrative codes. The book establishes a perspective that synthesizes a broad understanding of Southern Gothic genericity with pre-existing cultural and political discourses on the South, resulting in an analysis that is specific to film and television while remaining heedful of the intersecting discourses that inform both the Gothic and the South as historic and mediated constructs.

The Southern Gothic on Screen

The Southern Gothic on Screen explores a body of screen texts that conform to certain generic conventions and aesthetics that, since the early twentieth century, have led to the construction of the American South as a space of ruin, decay, melancholy, loss, and haunting. The book considers the cultural significance of the Southern Gothic on screen by examining southern otherness as the primary mechanism through which the South is rendered a space of darkness and danger. This opens up a critical space for the Southern Gothic to be discussed as a screen genre with its own complex visual, thematic, and narrative codes. The book establishes a perspective that synthesizes a broad understanding of Southern Gothic genericity with pre-existing cultural and political discourses on the South, resulting in an analysis that is specific to film and television while remaining heedful of the intersecting discourses that inform both the Gothic and the South as historic and mediated constructs.

Weight: 510g
Dimension: 161 x 240 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789463729444